Apparatus for exhibiting photographs



UNITED STATES o all whom it may concern:- I

i e `it known that I, WILLIAM ELFAY, of bester, in the county of 4Hampden and Coinonwealth of Massachusetts, have'invented j ew andlusei'ul Photographic Table; and

o hereby declare that/the following is a t clear, and exact description ofthesame, ference being had -to the accompanying invention lconsists of` a table brother lar article ot' furniture so constructedas, cive pictures 'and protect them from As hereshown, the table is more es Il graph at present so common, and may ranged to, hold two'concentric rowsA of ctures instead of .one row, as here shown.

W ion, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the i ta w `the picture-holder.' Fig.y 2 is a top view he tab-le; able. Y i l ke letters of referenceindicate the saine rtsin each ot-the several-figures.

Aisthe standard -or frame'of table.-

`A as 'a rotary top above the top B, and attached to' it by a pivot, a, through the center. `is a cover or false top,.h1nged at the' ck o B, and soy arranged as to shut down k er .nd conceal the rotary top C; and sta-` op B, if desirable.A The periphery of ovided with the 'projections b b b or cor- ,ndingn'otches j `s a spring attached to the inside ofthe 1cover D, and having its point pressing against;

he ipheryr of-C.

another spring, attachedrto the .knob i. dle H, which moves in a slot, d, in the ide of cover D v 4 e `top of C s arranged to receive pictures an hold them in place by someconvenient iethod. As here shown, the triangular pieces care attached to the top of G through their rs, leaving their edges unattached, Aso

l thereby held in' place.

awings, making a part ofl this specification.v

, and also .convenientlyvv expose them to V ly designed for receiving'the small ca`rd-l `the drawings making a part of this specie with the covervor top' raised, so as to Fig. 3 is a section of the top ot` isa stationary top attached to stand-.g

, PATENT OFFICEQl 'WILLIAM HENRY EAY, or cEEsTEE, MassA-eHUsEfrfrs.

APPARATUS FOFll EXH'IBITINGPHTOGRAPHS.

` Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 43,299,7datcd June 28,1864.A

if more convenient. Now,.the cover DA is pro'- lvided with Aone or more openings, I,.in which a glass maybe inserted. When the -coverD is shut` down land held in place by the catch L or any other suitable device, of course aporf tion ofthe top of Gis visible through the opening I, and consequently it' the top of/C is covered with pictures-one of the pictures may be seen through I.'

The operationI of `my invention is as follows:

.Thecover D being shut down, andthe picture or pictures -visible through the openingor openings' I having been examined, to show a newv picture, slide the knob H back till the spring G' passes one ofV the p'ins b'b'b yin the periphery ot' U; then return itv to its'trstpoj sitien,and the endof the' spring G, operating against the i on its pivot c. The slotd is ndeof such aA pin b. turns the pctureholder C lengththat thetableG will be rotated just the angular distance from the'cen'ter of one picture to the center of the next one. Now, as (Lis retated. by moving the knob H forward in the direction 'indicated by the arrow,.the stationary spring F is so situated as to catch in. behind a pin,b, at the same time that the knob "H reaches the end of the slot, and thus the I rotary table C is prevented from turning back` when the knob His,moved back preparatory to again rotatingthe picture-holder forward. Thus a common article of furniture is made a very interesting and novel feature in a. drawing-room or` parlor wit-hout in the least detracting from the ordinary utility ofthe saine. N ow, havin g fully described the construction and operation 'of Vmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-v 1.- The cover D, having one or more openings, I, in combination with the rotary pictureholder C, 'when they serve to form the whole or a part of the top'ofa table or othersimilar. article of furniture, substantially in thev manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The combination of cover D, rotarypicture-holder G, stationary spring F, and springslide @substantially in the manner `and for 4 the-purpose described; dpicturc can be inserted under their WILLIAM HEwEYfrAY. Witnesses:

i particular device for confining the pictur is immaterial, as they may be tacked on,

lMILTON BRADLEY, J. B. GAEDINEE. 

